Recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, learn Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) tan belt techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 7, 2022. The recruits must learn and properly demonstrate the techniques they were taught during MCMAP in order to earn their tan belt, which is a recruit training graduation requirement. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Luis Arturo Ponce Alavez Jr.) | Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.

The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) combines existing close-quarter combat techniques with morale and team-building functions to make an individual Marine a more effective warfighter. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tashiara Sheftall, a MCMAP instructor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, explains what warrior ethos is and why it is important to every Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Noah Braswell) | Marine Corps Air Statio